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The oil industry is hoping to shift the geopolitical center of global oil production to Canada’s boreal forests, home of vast deposits of oil sands, also called tar sands. Environmentalists and First Nations contend it’s a dirty, carbon- and water-intensive business, while proponents of development tout energy security benefits. We’re covering the battle here.
U.S. oil production is suddenly booming. Question now is, will Obama say yes to the Canadian tar sands being part of this fossil fuel revival?
U.S. oil production is suddenly growing so fast that some analysts are questioning how much the...
May 21, 2013
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The company has yet to release results of a sophisticated test of the 65-year-old pipeline's interior, conducted in February.
Almost two months after a ruptured pipeline sent at least 210,000 gallons of oil flowing through a...
May 20, 2013
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Anti-pipeline candidate ahead in the polls loses British Columbia election, but pipeline projects still face hurdles.
Environmentalists suffered a setback on Tuesday when British Columbia re-elected a premier who left...
May 16, 2013
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Where money talks louder than science, the letter from the donors won't go unnoticed, the week before Prime Minister Harper is to visit Washington.
In the latest show of force by opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline, a group of 150 major...
May 10, 2013
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He wants a pipeline moved out of an Ark. watershed, but thinks a pipeline through the Ogallala aquifer is a good idea. The contradiction grates on critics.
Rep. Tim Griffin, a staunch supporter of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, recently asked...
May 9, 2013
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The Arkansas Department of Health says people with dizziness, nausea and headaches have the option to leave, and it is their personal choice.
For more than a month, residents of Mayflower, Ark. have been told not to worry about lingering...
May 8, 2013
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Markey cites police reports, obtained by InsideClimate News, which reveal discrepancies and contradictions in Exxon's account of the pipeline spill.
Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) sent a letter to ExxonMobil Tuesday seeking clarification about the "...
May 7, 2013
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A crucial number is removed, without explanation, from the EPA website that is tracking the cleanup of the 2010 dilbit spill Michigan’s Kalamazoo River.
A key piece of data related to the biggest tar sands oil spill in U.S. history has disappeared from...
May 6, 2013
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Uprooted and anxious, Arkansans find themselves thrust into the debate about the Canadian oil that filled their streets and the safety of such pipelines.
It has been more than a month now, and Amber Bartlett has had enough of hotels and apartments and...
May 2, 2013
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When was the leak first detected, by whom, and how long had it been going on? Answers are crucial to the national debate over Keystone and pipeline safety.
One month after a 65-year-old ExxonMobil pipeline burst without warning and dumped Canadian tar...
Apr 29, 2013
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